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LEGION OF ROWERS http://www.lor.kiwi September, 2017

Maintaining Rowing Connections – Past, Present and Future

Providing Grants to Junior Rowers

Whakatane Weekend Schedule – last chance to get your name down

There are more details on the spreadsheet link here at Whakatane Weekend. (Hold CTRL and click to go to the link). Please add your names for all events in red if you wish to join in).

Just a heads-up - if you don't have any accommodation booked, DO IT ASAP!!. Saturday morning: Free Time Travel time from Auckland 3 3/4 hours, from Tauranga or Rotorua 1 hour, from Hamilton 2 1/2 hours Suggestions for things to do: Art gallery tour by car, Shopping Whakatane, Craft Market in Ohope, Fishing charter, Blueberry picking or berry ice-creams, Birds-a-plenty Kayak tour at Ohiwa (8.30 am Book asap on 0221733061, only taking 10 kayaks per trip), White Island with White Island Tours

Saturday afternoon: 1.30 pm Welcome Meet-up and walk - approx 2 hours, finish up with drinks and nibbles. 6.30 pm Dinner at Ohope Chartered Club, set Menu Sunday morning: 8.00 am Whakatane River Row followed by BIG Breakfast at Whakatane Rowing Club Sunday afternoon: Free Time Suggestions for things to do: Marae Visit in Whakatane, Golf at Ohope

Golf Club (they have an annual Tournament at Labour Weekend), Walk Kohi Point, Hot swim at Awakeri, Rail Carts ride Awakeri 6.30 pm Dinner at Whakatane - venue TBC Monday morning: 9.00 am Depart for Mystery Row 10.00 am Mystery Row hosted by Rotorua Rowing Club - approx 2 hours Monday afternoon: Head home

We've tried to give you a good mix of organised and un-organised events so it can feel like a holiday if you wish. The two rows are not compulsory, attend only what you wish. Unfortunately we did not have sufficient numbers to be able to charter the DC3 from Auckland - maybe next time? *******************************************************************************************************************

Some International Events attended by New Zealand Rowing Members:

World Masters Rowing Champs at Lake Bled – Lesley and Roger Milne were FISA Officials:

From Lesley who was Counting Marshall, Roger was Starter: As I sit here in my cozy little lakeside boathouse as Counting Marshall marking crews off as they pass me by, I am amazed at the size of this world masters regatta!

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If you look closely you can see a wee boat The Church on the Island house. That was my spot as counting marshal! As I look at my Start List there are 25 races for the men's D single each with 8 lanes. This regatta is the biggest FISA regatta ever with nearly 5000 entries. Nearly 18000 seats, 200 coxswains and 862 clubs are represented. The entries by boat type, men’s 1X 1232, followed by the men's 2X 1017, then women's 2X 575. It's no secret to any of us that masters rowing has been steadily building over the years and has been the fastest growing aspect of our sport. The first FISA masters regatta was held in Vienna in 1973. Not surprisingly perhaps following the world masters games in NZ, only one Kiwi has made the trip this time. From Waikato rowing club Judikje Schaffer won her A category 1X! She has entered 14 events, impressive! Judikje, who is from Holland, lives at Karapiro – she ended up with 10 Medals from her 14 events. Yes, Martha de Long ex Auckland rowing club is here but rowing for Tideway scullers. I have yet to catch up with her results! The oldest competitor just 93! As you can imagine the atmosphere is electric, the boat park vast and the comings and goings on the pontoons frenetic. 3 minute intervals from 7 am until 6.30pm every day. 2 minutes between many of the singles races. Every race is a final with winners only receiving medals. Must go duty calls!





From the Start Tower These guys are ex-Olympians from Slovakia

showing off their medals. The guy on the left rowed against Rob Waddell in Sydney 2000.

Bled Castle at night

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Legion Junior Trust Recipient – Gus Olifiers Thank you, legion of rowers. So very sorry for the late reply, I have been on holiday for the past 4 weeks, travelling Europe and have had some very long and busy days. I've only just got home this weekend and have been able to finally find some time to write a letter of thanks. Relocating to Karapiro was an amazing experience for me. I did not know any other people when I arrived but luckily the house mum made us feel right at home. Living with everyone for this amount of time was an extraordinary experience as well. We got to know each other quickly as we were all living in the same house. We ate and hung out all together as well which really made things better. Being away from home and school was tough but I and many others overcame this feeling. The schooling at St Peters was not what I was expecting at all. I had presumed that we would each be going to classes like what we would be doing at our schools, but this was not the case as we would sit in the library each day doing work we had been given from our home schools.





The training at Karapiro was difficult but at the same time was very fun. It ranged from long 30km rows to 250m sprints. The competition between crews on the water really helped us push each other to the line. The coaches were also great. They made it very easy for us to talk to them, and would often ask how we thought we were going. After almost 2 days of travelling, we finally arrived in Lithuania. An hours bus ride later and we were at the hotel. Throughout the week of preparing to race, we had a few close calls and one big accident. Crashing into Reed's! Luckily, we learnt and recovered well from this and made more and more progress. The lake in Trakai was beautiful, across the lake from the finish line was an amazing old Castle where the opening ceremony was held. The first race was challenging as I soon realized I was racing at a world level. Unfortunately, we got 5th which put us through to the reps. Luckily, we could make a comeback and win the rep making it into the quarter. In the quarter finals, we came 4th, and in the c-d semis we won once again! Putting us in the C Final, unfortunately we couldn't keep up with the rest of the pack, and came across the line in 6th place. Both Manawa and I were quite upset but saw the bright side to the entire campaign. Results from all NZ junior crews. A-Finals: M 4- Daniel Williamson (B), Thomas Russel (2), Matthew MacDonald (3), Ben Taylor (S) 2nd M 2- Samuel Jones (B), James Hall (S) 5th W 4- Grace Loveridge (B), Kate Haines (2), Grace Watson (3), Kate Littlejohn (S) 6th B-Finals: W 2- Grace Holland (B), Rose Ireland (S) 5th M 1X Leydon Bradley 6th M 4X Finn Jenkins (B), Mark Taylor (2), Luke Brady (3), Samuel Monkley (S) 6th C-Finals: W 2X Veronica Wall (B), Sydney Johnson (S) 6th M 2X Gus Olifiers (B), Manawa McLaughlin (S) 6th My goals for next season are to continue with rowing, and to try to make the team next year as well. This was such an extraordinary experience I just must live again, and hopefully if I push myself hard enough I'll be able to get some better results. Throughout my journey I have met some fantastic people whom I never would have met if I hadn't rowed. It was an utterly amazing experience that I think many people should feel. So, I thank you once again on helping me to get to the place I wanted to be.





From Gus’ Mum – Cathy The rowing experience in Lithuania was absolutely amazing for the whole family. The Rowing NZ representatives with us and coaches were awesome & I can't imagine what the trip would have been like if we hadn't been part of the supporters group. I spoke to a few parents from other countries and they were amazed at how NZ Rowing had helped organise our group as they had no support at all. There were 69 of us including quite a few grandparents. Pretty cool.

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